ECOTOURS
Development workshops for circular and sustainable tourism ecosystems
Territory
Provinces of Agrigento, Trapani and Palermo (Italy), Nicosia (Cyprus), Csongrád (Hungary), Corsica (France), Western Macedonia (Greece), Vigo (Spain)
Implementation period
January 2023 – June 2025
Donor
European Commission, COSME programme
Project objective
Our goal is to promote the sustainability, competitiveness and economic regeneration of rural and coastal areas in Europe through circular tourism.
Target audience
The project targets 96 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in particular SMEs directly involved in the tourism sector and other SMEs interconnected with tourism in the sectors of agriculture, fisheries, catering, crafts, culture, sport and transport; public actors in policies supporting tourism, the environment and community development.
Activities
The project promotes the following main actions to increase the capacity of SMEs in the target territories to incorporate and promote sustainable strategies and practices linked to circular tourism and facilitate their ecological and digital transition process:
Launch of a transnational skills strengthening programme on circular tourism: 6 study visits and transnational workshops (online and in person) will be implemented involving the target SMEs directly in Italy, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Hungary, France.
Testing of an innovative, multi-stakeholder and multidisciplinary support system for target SMEs on circular tourism (with a focus on: business strategies for sustainable development, digitalisation and innovation, sustainability assessment, branding and marketing)
Development of educational resources and an e-learning course on circular tourism
Co-design and development of 6 integrated circular tourism itineraries in the target communities
Development of a sustainable marketing strategy
Social impact assessment. The project promotes three main actions to combat child educational poverty
Impact
96 SMEs in particular SMEs directly involved in the tourism sector and other SMEs interconnected with the tourism sector in agriculture, fisheries, catering, crafts, culture, sport and transport.
120 public and private sector actors will be involved in activities to analyse the local reference contexts.
200 media channels will disseminate the activities and impact of the project.
Contacts
For more information on the project or to participate you can contact Mariagiovanna Carpinteri
ContactsPartners
Lead: PRISM impresa sociale srl – Italy Fondazione Comunitaria di Agrigento e Trapani – Italy ENOROS Consulting Ltd – Cyprus The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Csongrád County (CSMKIK) – Hungary Petra Patrimonia Corsica (PPC) – France West Macedonia Development Company (ANKO) – Greece Universidade de Vigo (UVIGO) – Spain
Programme
The project (G. A. n° 101085853) was selected and co-funded by the COSME Programme under the SMP-COSME-2021-TOURSME Call which aims to support the resilience of the European economy in the post-pandemic era through inter-institutional cooperation, innovation and the green and digital transition.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Neither the European Union nor EISMEA can be held responsible for them.
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